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Assembly Bill A10968

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires training of teachers in dyslexia identification

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2025-A10968 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3004, Ed L

2025-A10968 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires training of teachers in dyslexia identification created by the center for dyslexia and dysgraphia.

2025-A10968 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10968
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training  of
   teachers in dyslexia identification
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3004 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER IS
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CERTIFY AND REQUIRE TRAINING OF  TEACHERS  IN
 DYSLEXIA  IDENTIFICATION.  SUCH  CERTIFICATION  AND  TRAINING  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED TO RECEIVE OR  RENEW  A  CERTIFICATION  TO  TEACH  KINDERGARTEN
 THROUGH  FIFTH  GRADE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PRESCRIBE THE NECESSARY
 REGULATIONS AND ESTABLISH SUCH TRAINING RELATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF
 CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA. SUCH TRAINING AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE
 OBTAINED FROM THE CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA AND DYSGRAPHIA  ESTABLISHED  UNDER
 SECTION  THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER SIX
 HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, AND THE  CENTER
 FOR  DYSLEXIA AND DYSGRAPHIA SHALL INCLUDE IN SUCH TRAINING AND TRAINING
 REQUIREMENTS CURRICULA STANDARDS, NUMBER OF HOURS OF TRAINING  REQUIRED,
 REQUIREMENTS  FOR PROVIDERS OF THE TRAINING, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DEMON-
 STRATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED TRAINING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15403-02-6

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